Triple
T3505793
| Position | Surface form | Disambiguated ID | Type / Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Buncombe County, North Carolina |
E74071
|
entity |
| Predicate | borderedBy |
P224
|
FINISHED |
| Object |
McDowell County, North Carolina
McDowell County, North Carolina is a largely rural county in the western part of the state, known for its Appalachian Mountain scenery, outdoor recreation areas, and the city of Marion as its county seat.
|
E526715
|
NE FINISHED |
How this triple was built (4 steps)
Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.
NER
Named-entity recognition
gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: McDowell County, North Carolina | Statement: [Buncombe County, North Carolina, borderedBy, McDowell County, North Carolina]
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McDowell County, North Carolina Context triple: [Buncombe County, North Carolina, borderedBy, McDowell County, North Carolina]
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A.
Macon County, North Carolina
Macon County, North Carolina is a mountainous county in the western part of the state, known for its scenic landscapes in the Appalachian region and its county seat, Franklin.
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B.
Randolph County, North Carolina
Randolph County, North Carolina is a centrally located county in the state known for its mix of rural communities, manufacturing, and attractions such as the North Carolina Zoo near its county seat of Asheboro.
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C.
Madison County, North Carolina
Madison County, North Carolina is a rural Appalachian county in the western part of the state, known for its mountainous terrain, outdoor recreation, and historic town of Marshall along the French Broad River.
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D.
Yancey County, North Carolina
Yancey County, North Carolina is a mountainous county in the western part of the state, known for encompassing Mount Mitchell, the highest peak in the eastern United States.
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E.
Warren County, North Carolina
Warren County, North Carolina is a rural county in the northeastern part of the state known for its historic towns, agricultural landscape, and role in early civil rights and environmental justice movements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg
Description generation
gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. # Instructions Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: McDowell County, North Carolina Triple: [Buncombe County, North Carolina, borderedBy, McDowell County, North Carolina]
Generated description
McDowell County, North Carolina is a largely rural county in the western part of the state, known for its Appalachian Mountain scenery, outdoor recreation areas, and the city of Marion as its county seat.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: McDowell County, North Carolina Target entity description: McDowell County, North Carolina is a largely rural county in the western part of the state, known for its Appalachian Mountain scenery, outdoor recreation areas, and the city of Marion as its county seat.
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A.
Macon County, North Carolina
Macon County, North Carolina is a mountainous county in the western part of the state, known for its scenic landscapes in the Appalachian region and its county seat, Franklin.
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B.
Randolph County, North Carolina
Randolph County, North Carolina is a centrally located county in the state known for its mix of rural communities, manufacturing, and attractions such as the North Carolina Zoo near its county seat of Asheboro.
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C.
Madison County, North Carolina
Madison County, North Carolina is a rural Appalachian county in the western part of the state, known for its mountainous terrain, outdoor recreation, and historic town of Marshall along the French Broad River.
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D.
Yancey County, North Carolina
Yancey County, North Carolina is a mountainous county in the western part of the state, known for encompassing Mount Mitchell, the highest peak in the eastern United States.
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E.
Warren County, North Carolina
Warren County, North Carolina is a rural county in the northeastern part of the state known for its historic towns, agricultural landscape, and role in early civil rights and environmental justice movements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Provenance (5 batches)
The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.
| Step | Stage | Batch ID | Status | When |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| creating | Elicitation | batch_69ad85ce7a9c81909ddc5cf0cb67a6e3 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 2:21 p.m. |
| NER | Named-entity recognition | batch_69adbbf38e988190998d722b95830411 |
completed | March 8, 2026, 6:12 p.m. |
| NED1 | Entity disambiguation (via context triple) | batch_69bfc60426248190947e1c58fe4dd1b1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:35 a.m. |
| NEDg | Description generation | batch_69bfc68e23b8819089c22cd1ca5fd321 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:38 a.m. |
| NED2 | Entity disambiguation (via description) | batch_69bfc6de1930819084c599e2af7899b1 |
completed | March 22, 2026, 10:39 a.m. |
Created at: March 8, 2026, 3:18 p.m.